Continuing . . .

"Charlie?" Vincent called out to her, she groaned lightly to respond, "Can you still hear me?" asking her. Charlie gave a small groan, again to say yes, "So what was you take on vampires?" he asked her. Lightly placing his finger on her temple of her head, he closed his eyes and murmured something. Instantly Charlie leaned her head forward and her eyes were open.

Cedric jumped a bit for joy, Charlie was fine; at least he thought she was. Realizing that in her eyes she had no life at all, they were cold, she was there but she really wasn't. Staring blankly at Vincent, he smiled back at her and said, "Tell me what you really think about vampires?"

The color of Vincent's eyes had changed, from green to a dark purple color. The color of his face remained the same but there were shadows underneath his eyes. The expressions on his face were slowly changing to a more youthful look. Physically he was changing to, his hands were whiter and his fingernails grew instantly, his shoulders were broader, his chest grew bigger. Everything was changing right before Cedric's eyes, he knew what he was becoming, and he had read about it in books and heard about them in stories. However, Cedric had never seen one up close, nor had he any idea that his friend was going to be a victim. He was in fact a vampire!

His heart started racing so quick, he didn't know how to react, standing up and moving away. For once in his life he was scared. 'Charlie is going to be bitten if I don't do something!' he thought to himself, 'But what do I do? I can't just attack him! He's stronger then me and I don't know of any spells that might take him down!'

Charlie started talking, making him lean in again to listen to what she had to say. "I'm not going to tell you . . ." she giggled lightly. Vincent shook his head as he smiled at her, "Even under my spell you still won't tell me." Charlie slowly nodded as she stared off to the stars.

"Strange and beautiful you are Charlie. I must say the minute you came in, your mind was occupied on someone else but me. Care to tell me who it was?" asking her as he grabbed the rag and started to wipe away the lotion in a slow manner and with great care.

"Ann."

"Ann? Who's Ann?"

"Some idiot girl. I don't like her."

"Why?"

"Because she doesn't like me."

"What did you to do her to make her hate you?"

"Cedric."

Cedric froze when he heard her say his name. All functions of breathing had suddenly stopped.

"Cedric is the reason why she hates you?" Vincent asked her.

"Yes."

"And who's this Cedric you're talking about?"

"He's- he's-" Charlie couldn't say it, she was slightly stuttering when she looked at Vincent with a tired look. "You're boyfriend." Vincent asked, placing the rag down he moved her neck from left to right, to make sure he had everything off. Charlie gave a small giggle, "No." she said in a slow tone. "You're friend?" he asked again and Charlie said, "Yes."

Charlie tried to raise her arm up but couldn't, she looked down at her arms and noticed that she couldn't even move her fingers. It was a strange sensation that it made Charlie giggle more, "Guess what?" she told Vincent. Staring down at her he answered her, "What?" Charlie's eyes were wondering around the room as if she was following a fly, eventually laying eyes on Vincent, "I feel comfortably numb." she told him in a tired voice.

"That's the idea." Vincent told her as he wiped his mouth from his sleeve, as if he was wiping off the drool.

Cedric's heart was beating faster then he had ever felt before, he knew that Vincent was going to do something bad. It was only a matter of time. With his wand a ready, he wanted to make sure he could time it right.

Hungry like a dog, he started to lean in closer to her, "Tell me Charlie," he continued to talk to her, "What was so fascinating about vampires?" Charlie continued to stare with her dull, lifeless eyes. There faces were close enough to touch, Vincent could feel her breath coming from her mouth, but he kept eyeing down her neck. Charlie suddenly whispered something that only Vincent could hear.

The nervousness of not being able to hear her answer made Cedric stand up, he didn't care if he did see him.

Suddenly Vincent threw his head back laughing, "You have no idea Charlie. You have no idea!" he suddenly yelled. With a swift move he placed his teeth into Charlie's neck, making her shriek in pain. Holding on her neck, she couldn't move a muscle to defend herself. All she could do was scream in agonizing pain, as she felt blood leaving her. Vincent in a greedy manner sucked on her neck.